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SF Symbols 6 app does not export 'Can Rotate' property of a layer
The SF Symbols app 6.0 (99) does not export the ‘Can Rotate’ property of layers when exporting a symbol via File > Export Symbol. Without this, all the new fantastic edit functions in the app related to rotating in SF Symbols is completely useless. This issue with the SF Symbols 6 app can be reproduced by exporting a rotatable symbol like fan.desk, and then by importing the result as custom symbol. When inspecting ‘Group 1’ of the imported symbol, it is no longer marked as rotatable. SF Symbols app 6.0 is still in beta, but hasn't been updated since 10 June. Hopefully this bug will be solved in the release version, or earlier. Does anyone know how to manually add the missing rotation info to the exported SVG file? In case an Apple engineer reads this: FB13916635
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SF Symbols 6 app does not export 'Can Rotate' property of a layer
The SF Symbols app 6.0 (99) does not export the ‘Can Rotate’ property of layers when exporting a symbol via File > Export Symbol. Without this, all the new fantastic edit functions in the app related to rotating in SF Symbols is completely useless. This issue with the SF Symbols 6 app can be reproduced by exporting a rotatable symbol like fan.desk, and then by importing the result as custom symbol. When inspecting ‘Group 1’ of the imported symbol, it is no longer marked as rotatable. SF Symbols app 6.0 is still in beta, but hasn't been updated since 10 June. Hopefully this bug will be solved in the release version, or earlier. Does anyone know how to manually add the missing rotation info to the exported SVG file? In case an Apple engineer reads this: FB13916635
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Jun ’25
"The symbol could not be imported. The template version number must be present in the SVG file. Make sure that the version number text has not been converted to outlines."
How do I resolve this issue when trying to re-import a custom SF Symbol into Apple's SF Symbols app? Is there an exact export configuration I'm missing in Sketch or Figma?
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Apr ’26